]]>By: Kathi Boothhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8464
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:03:55 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8464Mr. Kyle
STOP PLEASE. I HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A DIATRIBE ON YOU OR YOURS. I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP MY POSTINGS RELEVANT TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT, WITHOUT CRITICIZING YOUR POSTINGS OR THEIR CONTENT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO NOT BRING UP ANY PAST POSTINGS OR COMMENTS FROM YOU, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF YOUR STATING THERE MUST BE SOME HIDDEN ANIMUS FROM ME TOWARDS MR. ARMAS AND WHAT ASSOCIATIONS I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD WITH HIM DURING MY SERVICE TO THE CITY ON THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. IN THAT CASE I SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU WERE THAT CURIOUS YOU SHOULD CONTACT MR. ARMAS AND ASK HIM IF HE BELIEVED YOUR SUSPICIONS WERE TRUE. PLEASE MR. KYLE COULD YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTARY TO THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ME? I DON’T THINK THAT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS POSTING.
]]>By: John W. Kylehttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8462
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:26:21 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8462mS. bOOTH

i DO NOT NEED TO FIND WAYS TO RESPOND TO YOUR DIATRIBE. yOU TRIP OVER YOUR OWN FAULTS SO OFTEN AND SO BADLY THAT THERE IS NO WAY OUT BUT TO PUBLICLY RESPOND I9N THE MEDIA OF YOUR CHOICE.

i HAVE NOT GONE OUT OF MY WAY TO ‘SWIPE’ AT YOUR CHARACYTER…… YOUR SINGLE BUGGEST FAUL6T IS TO ATTACK WHEN THER IS NO NEED….

IS SELF REFELECTION BEYOND YOUR ABILITY AND NEED? GIVEN YOUR EARLIER REMARKS ABOUT THE IDENTITY IOF YOUR Pastor as well as the fact that this is lent….. try examing your own faults!

]]>By: Kathi Boothhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8460
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:40:49 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8460I am sorry, I need to clarify my last statement. I have responded to Mr. Kyle when he has made a deliberate swipe at my character or posted other hateful/hurtful words concerning me. I have tried desperately not to comment on his ideas or suggestions regarding how to improve the state of HUSD for many months now.
]]>By: Kathi Boothhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8458
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:22:32 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8458Mr. Kyle,
Please get off my case…there really has to be more to life than constantly trying to find ways to attack me or my postings. Find someone new to spew your hate speak on…I really am tired of it. What I choose to comment on absolutely does not have to agree with or support the ideas you put forth. I have tried desperately to avoid calling into question what you post for quite some time now. Please stop.
]]>By: John W. Kylehttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8454
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:11:15 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8454All;

The Recent publication upon the Opinion Page of Daily Review of an article entitled ”Getting Tough with Parents of truants will solve the issue.” That lead into the story, was none of my doing even though I had written the article. Which is not the point of this submission.

The point of this submission is that the article pointed out, in not too subtle a manner, that the problem with API scores is tied to truancy and in daisy chain fashion, the truancy problem is tied to the fact that ‘low income housing’ is super abundant in Hayward as well as Oakland. All the while, we see in eastern Alameda County communities of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton low income housing is scarce. In Pleasanton it is virtually non-existent and the proof of that matter is found in the Marvch 17, 2010 article published by the SF Chronicle which recited the verdict handed down by a superior court judge in San Francisco.

So why pick on low income folk as being the scape goat for all of our truancy problems? The article attempts to explain a major cause of that fact.

Well, I have assembled quite a bit of statistical data for your perusal; a copy of the article as well as supporting statistical data is yours for the asking…. Send me a self addressed envelope and I’ll pay the postage to enable you to understand our problem which in reality is not HUSD’s problem. It is our problem and the reality is that a political solution is needed. We do not have a money problem so much as we have a political problem!

Another way to obtain or read a copy, especially for you ‘nom de plume types’ is to seek a reading of the last two letters mailed by myself to HUSD Board of Trustees. That mailing was done deliberately so to provide you ‘nom de plume’ types with some basic facts on the cause of truancy and why it is that we on the west side of the hills are stuck with an ADA problem not experienced in eastern portion of the County, Pleasanton particularly, enjoys a higher ratio of ADA money on a per student basis than is the case in Hayward or Oakland.

Present yourself to the Secretary in the office of the Supt and ask for a read of the public record as it pertains to the lst two letters addressed to the Board of Trustees. You can actually obtain a copy if you offer a small donation top cover the expense of copy paper and ink’

So if you disagree with what you read then think of it this way, write a good slam on this here blog. If you have Kathy’s phone number or address, ask her to help you write it. on the other hand, if as a result of your reading effort, you begin to see the light, then be more supportive of trustees and HEA as well… start a letter writing campaign to the Offices of the State School Superintendent and others whom you might think of as being potentially helpful in seeking a political solution to the basic problem of ADA money loss.

If we are unable to cure truancy the think of ways to spread the problem out a bit more equitably!

Kathy, please do not get choked up emotionally over this possible solution. Perhaps you can write an intelligent alternative or at least a rebuttal to that which I wrote and saw published on March 3, 2011 in Daily Review

]]>By: Lucy's Momhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8448
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:11:43 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8448I am not surprised they were “able to find money”. I wish Ms. Lepley could scrutinize other funds (Title I, Title III, YEP, and the newest Americorps to name a few). Transparency will provide fiscal solvency!
]]>By: Sherry Blairhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8434
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:35:19 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8434I remember so many times when parents were told there wasn’t money and then the district came up with so much when it wanted to do something. Once before it was a million dollars they “found.”

You know, we live in the age of computers. Aren’t we supposed to be educators? The budget could be online and transparent in a form an educated person can understand, question and offer suggestions.

Also, there is no reason why books cannot be read online now. Not only would it save a whole lot of money, but students would not need to ruin their backs carrying them in backpacks. Also, it should be part of every IEP for students who are too disabled to carry.

]]>By: Kathi Boothhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8431
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:53:36 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8431Qodrn,
You have the point exactly, about Faith Ringgold. I believe the program can be saved by making it a “school within a school” something HUSD is always talking about. When the Project School was a separate school it was housed on the Tennyson High site. It was well received by the high school students and worked very well. That could easily happen again, that is if alternatives for children really matter.

AP,
Finding money, when they say there is none, has happened for forever in HUSD. Of course it’s just a matter of juggling the books..or in many cases in the past, it was money that was squirreled away in program costs, etc. This is exactly why the union has always said that their budget figures and the district’s don’t match, thus claiming there is more money than anyone is being told about.

]]>By: qodrnhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2011/03/10/husd-meeting-march-9/comment-page-1/#comment-8430
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:42:07 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=2783#comment-8430The real point of FR is that some grammer school students can’t for one reason or another handle a large school situation. The district needs to serve these students. One school is not asking too much. Same with year round schools. The district may not need four of these; I am sure some parents attend because the local school is year round while some students or families need these programs.

Cutting sports, art, music these can be done outside of school, incorporated into other subjects. Think about the skill set necessary to work at a small company versus a large one. Different.

Think about students who lose too much over a long summer. This can’t be fixed except by a shorter break.